Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 1 Apr 2026, 16:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

High Risk Offender Private Rented Sector Accommodation Sourcing and Support Trial

Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire (Police & fire)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 15 May 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 30 May 2027 · starts 1 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Further to the market engagement undertaken earlier this year, and subsequent work to consider information sharing and associated risks, the Police and Crime Commissioner on behalf of a multisector funding partnership, is exploring the commissioning of a pilot approach. This approach would combine the sourcing of private sector tenancies for high risk offenders with separate engagement, support, and oversight of those offenders. This relates specifically to tenancies that are not classified as supported exempt accommodation. The proposed pilot would require a number of specific supplier capabilities which we understand may be unusual, particularly within the timeframes involved. We are therefore seeking to verify our understanding by issuing this Request for Information, the responses to which will help inform our next steps. We would be very grateful if you could take the time to respond using the text boxes and dropdown options provided. Your input will play an important role in shaping the development of the plan going forward, including the appropriate route to market. The Pre-Liminary Market Engagement (PME) will support DC with the development of a Business Case (BC). To formally engage with the market, this PME Questionnaire has been designed to allow Derbyshire Constabulary to conduct a comprehensive review of existing providers of High-Risk Offender Private Rented Sector Accommodation.

CPV: Accommodation services · Property management services of real estate on a fee or contract basis · Renting or leasing services of own property · Residential property services · Social work services · Social work services with accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

Social work services (CPV 8531) in East Midlands, and who usually turns up

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
The marketSocial work services (CPV 8531) · East Midlands
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no supplier sizes published · market: CPV 8531 · East Midlands, n=72
—39%

No supplier sizes published for this authority.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in East Midlands.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 1 known-location awards · market: CPV 8531 · East Midlands, n=102
1 of 128%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in East Midlands.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 8531 · East Midlands, n=25
—32 days

Half of these awards were announced within 32 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 1 of 1 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8531 · East Midlands, n=96
1 of 160%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer1 lot with bid counts · all categories · too few to chart
The market34 lots with bid counts · CPV 8531 · East Midlands
21% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid21%
Market: 7 of 34 lots with published bid counts.
2–324%
Market: 8 of 34 lots with published bid counts.
4–632%
Market: 11 of 34 lots with published bid counts.
7+24%
Market: 8 of 34 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer1 lot with estimate and award · all categories · too few to chart
The market29 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8531 · East Midlands
21% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate21%
Market: 6 of 29 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%69%
Market: 20 of 29 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate10%
Market: 3 of 29 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 853112 monthsSME suitableNo real estimate
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 34 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet21% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 34 similar lots
1 bid21%
7 of 34 similar past lots received 1 bid (21%).
2–324%
8 of 34 similar past lots received 2–3 (24%).
4–632%
11 of 34 similar past lots received 4–6 (32%).
7+24%
8 of 34 similar past lots received 7+ (24%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No real estimate
The buyer published £0 as the estimate (a placeholder, not the contract’s value), so there is nothing to forecast against.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Apr 2026, 16:00 BST
Last source update
1 Apr 2026, 16:00 BST
Authority reference
DP1085-01
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030515
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Accommodation servicesProperty management services of real estate on a fee or contract basisRenting or leasing services of own propertyResidential property servicesSocial work servicesSocial work services with accommodation
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067b09 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Apr 2026 → 1 Jun 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published204 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 16:00 BST
  2. Market engagement183 days ago
    22 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Tender notice expected160 days ago
    15 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts144 days ago
    1 Jun 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Apr 2026, 16:00 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZLQ-6388-PQDJ Derbyshire Constabulary, Ripley, East Midlands, DE5 3RSContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure